Funny Searching

Funny Searching

Funny Searching “Virus” is an ad-generating program, which falls into a specific software category known as browser hijacker. Now, the good news for you is that browser hijackers are not malicious and they have nothing in common with malicious software (Ransomware, Trojans, Spyware, etc.) or any kind of computer viruses.

If you would love to learn how to save yourself from Funny Searching “Virus” and all of its annoying page redirects, strange homepage and search engine replacements and all the irritating ads, new tabs and sponsored notifications that keep popping up in your Chrome or Firefox browser, you have come to the right place. Our “How to remove” team has dedicated the following article to those of you, who are fed up with the browsing disturbance and the undesired flow of advertisements they have been exposed to. In case that you are one of them, in the next lines you will learn how to completely remove Funny Searching “Virus”, uninstall all of its changes and gain back the control over your browser. We will also give you some basic information about the way such annoying programs usually work, and how they spread on the web, so you will know how to keep them away and protect your system in the future. At the end, you will find a removal guide, that has all the necessary removal instructions with screenshots, which will help you identify and manually delete the source of your disturbance even if you are not a computer guru.

What kind of a program is Funny Searching and is it dangerous?

Generally, it is not in their capacity to do harm to your system, compromise your security or encrypt your files the way that a Ransomware infection would do, for example. But what these programs may do is, they may impose some changes to your default browser by usually replacing (aka hijacking) your homepage or search engine with some sponsored ones and redirecting your searches to various websites and advertisements.

Why is this done? Well, behind the intrusive browser hijacker activity lies a method called Pay-Per-Click, which generates profit from the clicks on sponsored advertisements. Funny Searching is just one of the software tools, used to display huge amounts of advertisements and redirect the users to them. Its developers basically earn from the clicks they can get every time the users land on a certain page, ad or a product, promoted by the hijacker. And since everything is usually driven by the desire for more money, the amount of ads and redirects that the affected users may get exposed to may greatly interfere with their normal browsing activity and interrupt their entire online experience. Apart from that, there are a few other rather undesired consequences that may affect their overall online experience. A program like Funny Searching may use a fair share of system resources for displaying its useless ads, or keeping track of the users’ online activity, and this may slow down the general speed of the system. This is the reason why so many people get irritated by the browser hijackers and often seek for options to remove them from their computers.

How can Funny Searching get installed on your PC?

Despite that they are not malicious, there is hardly anyone who would willingly install programs like Funny Searching on their PC just because they love being flooded with intrusive advertisements. In most of the cases, the users get browser hijackers without knowing it, along with some other attractive or useful software that they install. This happens when they download and install software bundles, where browser hijackers are bundled inside. Such bundles could be found mostly on free software download platforms, free application installers, game setups, video players, optimization software, ads, spam emails, etc.

Basically, the developers try to pack the browser hijacker with some other program, which could be functional. However, they may not clearly inform you that once you get that program installed, you will get an additionally bundled program like Funny Searching with it. That’s why, here is where your common software installation culture comes into play. Instead of running the installer with the “Standard/Quick” installation option, which most people do, you should opt for the “Advanced/Custom” one, which will give you full control over the bundle and allow you to reject the additional programs you don’t want. This can save you from a lot of inconvenience dealing with potentially unwanted programs, and sometimes even some malware, which may be hidden inside the given bundle.

SUMMARY:

Name	Funny Searching
Type	Browser Hijacker
Detection Tool

Remove Funny Searching “Virus”

You are dealing with a malware infection that can restore itself unless you remove its core files. We are sending you to another page with a removal guide that gets regularly updated. It covers in-depth instructions on how to:
1. Locate and scan malicious processes in your task manager.
2. Identify in your Control panel any programs installed with the malware, and how to remove them. Search Marquis is a high-profile hijacker that gets installed with a lot of malware.
3. How to clean up and reset your browser to its original settings without the malware returning. You can find the removal guide here.

For mobile devices refer to these guides instead: Android, iPhone